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The US came out controlling the ball in the first quarter but only managed a couple of behinds before Lyndsay Kastanek scored the first major of the quarter. Aimee Legault gets Canada on the board with a behind. Inaccurate kicking by the US keeps the score close.

Q1 ScoresFreedom: 1.5.11Canada: 0.1.1

Canada plays much better but they too are suffering from inaccurate kicking. The only major of the quarter is scored by the Freedom's Jessie Hazen after a Canadian player is called for throwing the ball 15 meters from the Freedom goal. Canada must be feeling good about having 5 scoring shots to 1 for the quarter. The US avoided a major disaster when Cathy Hoha kicked the ball the wrong way to the Canadian full forward. The US was able to retain possession. One of the Canadian behinds came on a spoil on the line by the Freedom's Beth Nollenberger.

Play has been pretty even with neither team controlling the ball for sustained periods.

Q2 Scores
Freedom: 2.5.17Canada: 0.6.6

The Freedom open the third quarter scoring with a behind. Jessie Hazen marks right in front of goal, plays on but the ball was touched by a Canadian defender. After a set shot by Andrea Casillas falls short and is deflected out of the bounds, the Freedom gain possession of the boundary throw in and snap a goal.

Canada begins moving the ball through Erin Loughnane which leads to Megan Dietrich scoring Canada's first goal after a US penalty. Kendra Heil gets Canada's 2nd major after marking a centering pass. Canada levels the score when Laura White scores the third goal in a row. Canada finishes the scoring for the quarter with two behinds with the last one coming right before the siren.

After a good start to the third quarter by the Freedom, Canada dominated by scoring 3.3 to the Freedom's 1.0 giving Canada an 11 to 2 edge in scoring chances in the past 2 quarters.

Q3 Scores
Freedom: 3.7.25Canada: 3.8.27

The Freedom strike first in the 4th quarter with a goal by Eileen Geoghegan. With about 10 minutes left in the game, Lyndsay Kastanek marks deep in the pocket and kicks true. A couple of minutes later Kastanek strikes again to give the US 3 straight goals and a 6 point lead.

Canada scores a goal with about 4 minutes left. With 2 minutes left, Aimee Legault marks in front of the Canadian goal and kicks straight to bring Canada within 5 points.